Tiger Doubles Team to Play in Semifinal Round of 2006 Wilson/ITA Southeast Regional

Oct. 15, 2006

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Clemson women’s tennis players Carol Salge and Ani Majacika advanced to the semifinal round of the 2006 Wilson/ITA Southeast Regional after winning their quarterfinal match on Sunday. The pair will compete in the semifinals on Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina.

Salge, a junior from San Roque, Brazil, and Majacika, a freshman from Makarska, Croatia, defeated Ashlee Davis and Sasha Kulikova of Wake Forest by a score of 8-1 in Sunday’s quarterfinal. They will face North Carolina’s team of Caitlin Collins and Sanaz Marand in the semifinal round. Both teams were seeded 5-8 entering the tournament. The winner of the semifinal will compete in the championship match on Monday afternoon.

In the quarterfinal round of the singles competition on Sunday, Salge, a 5-8 seed, fell to Middle Tennessee State’s Hala Sufi in three sets (2-6, 7-6(2), 6-3). Majacika, seeded 9-16, dropped her quarterfinal match in a three-set tiebreaker to Blakely Griffith of Tennessee, also a 9-16 seed, by a score of 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(4).